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SODA WATER DISPENSING APPARATUS.

No, 381',027.- "Patented Apr. 10, 1888 A A ATT a UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE;

ORRIN J. PRICE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

,SOYDA- WATER-IDISPENSING APPARATUS-f" I SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 381,027, dated April 10,188

Application filed April 2, 1887.. Serial No.233,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7 1

Be it known that I, ORRIN J. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, 5have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda-WaterDispensing Apparatus; and I'do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it .appertains to-make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

r 5 My invention relates to an apparatus forv dispensing soda-water andthe like. The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus fordispensing soda-water and like charged fluids that will be simple in itsconstruction, durable, and cheap.

Theimproved features of the apparatus have reference particularly to theconstruction of the I front of the device,whereby thesirup-cans are eachprovided with afaucet and are attached to the inner face of the doors,so as toswing outward with said doors when opened, to aid in fillingsaid cans with siru p, and when the doors are closed the sirup-cans areprojected into a made detachable, so as to remove them from the doorsfor the purpose of cleaning or filling them; and my inventionconsists inthe construction of parts, as hereinafterfully specified, and indicatedparticularlydn the claims. In the accompanying drawings, (shown on twosheets,) forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a perspectiveof my improved apparatus having the end broken away to show internalperforated partition. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveshowing one. of the doorsas opened with sirup-cans attached thereto. Fig.

3 is an enlarged section of one of the doors and a sirup-can,taken ondotted lines of Figs. 2 and 4. Fig. 4is a perspective of one of the Fig;5 is a front sirup-cans and its faucet.

Fig. 6 is a face view of one of the doors.

back face View of one of the doors.

A. in the drawings represents the case of the apparatus; 0, the commondraft-tube; B, the 5 front base-rail; D D, the front doors.

P is an L-shaped partition'located in the is provided witha series ofholes or perfora- .stem-on a horizontalplane slightly, above'the .underedge of the doors D when a can is-at .tached'to the door, as shown inFig. 3. i I atcooling-chamber, and said sirupcans are apparatus,dividing informing the chambers F and E, extending from end to end ofthe case. The Chamber'F is for the ice and circulatingpipes. Thevertical portion of the partition tions, a, to allow the 'cold'air topass intothe chamber E to properly cool the sirup in the sirup-canslocated in said chamber. t Z represents the sirup-cans, each beingprovided with a faucet, f, at the bottom to draw the sirup from each canas desired, allow-i ing the cans to stand in the chamber Eand to I havethe doors D closed, as shown in Fig. 1.

The cans Z are attached to the back face of the 'doors D and swing onsaid doors when opening and closing them, asshownin Fig. 2. Each can hasa faucet, f,vwith a square shank, I e d, and a triangular collar, (SeeFig. 4.) In

the bottom edge of each door D, I forn a notch, Q d, to receive thesquare stem d of the faucet,

as shown inFigs. 3 and'5. ,.The notches d are made deep enough toreceive freely the stems d and to bring the lower edge or face of, eachtach to the upper edge of each door a projecting bar, t, andto thebottom edge ofefach door a like bar, 0, excepting. Iformthe arms a a 80longer than the arms of the upper bar, as clearlyshown in Figs. 3-and 6.To the upper end of each can, at the front, I attach a hook, c, whichengages with the bar t, supporting the can, as clearly shown inIFigs. 2,'3, and 4. r

K K are knobs attached to .the swinging ends of the doors, having theturn-buttons 'v v attached to the inner'ends. Said buttons or arms oengage with the back face of the barR in the front'of thecase,wherebysaid doors are kept closed. This is an old feature; 7 p

The cans are attached to a door'in the'fol v lowing manner,(the (1005being open, as shown I at the left of Fig. 2:), By placing the front of;a can facing the back of the door, then raising 5' the can slightly,bringing the neck d of its faucet into the notch d at the bottom .of thedoor, with the collar '6 against the front of the 1 door, then engagingthe hook c with the bar t, the 'can will be securely attached, as shownin Figs.2and3. y l

Ittwill be observedron looking,at-Fig. 3.

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that by making the arms a of the bar 0 longer than the arms of the upperbar, 12, the cans Z are secured to the back face of the door on a slant,the bottom edge of each can being at a greater distance from the backface of the door than the top, whereby the bottom H of each can isinclined and the free end of the faucet This is to allow the sirup to beentirely drawn from the can.

To remove a can from the door, itis first raised slightly to release thehook c from the bar t. stem (1 of the faucet to slide out of the notch dofthe door, when the can will be detached.

In Fig. 2 I show the cans attached to the free or swinging ends of thedoors, with a rounded face at n. This is to allow the doors to be freelyclosed and opened and not allow the can of one door to strike the can ofthe other or the bar R; but when using round cans they are formed alike.Square cans are preferable, as they give a broad bearing on the bar 0,holding the can steady.

When the doors are closed, the cans are held in the cooling-chamber E,the sirup being drawn through the faucets f, and said doors are onlyopened to fill the sirup-cans.

Having fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 0 Patent, is

Then it is slightly lowered to allow the 2. In a device for the purposesspecified, the combination of the case having the perforated Lshapedpartition, the doors hinged to the front of the case, having the notchesor inlets at the bottom, and the cans having faucets the necks of whichfill the openings at the bottom of the doors, said cans being attachedto the back face of the doors, the faucets projecting through the doors,and with the cans swlng on said doors when opening and closing them, asand for the purposes specified.

3. In a device as set forth, the combination of the case, having theswinging door at the front opening into the cooling-chamber, and avessel having a faucet attached at the bottom thereof, said vessel beingattached to the back face of the door in such a manner as to pro ect thefaucet through the bottom of the door, the faucet and the can standingon an incline, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In an apparatus as set forth, the combination of the case, havingadoor opening 1nto a chamber at the front, the opening d at the bottomof said door, and the detachable can having a faucet made fast thereto,said can and faucet being mounted on the door in an inclined position,as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORRIN J. PRICE.

Witnesses:

J. M. PRICE, R. B. WHEELER.

